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Expansions for narrative games are becoming too big for their boots. Jem Alexander thinks these smaller triple-A experiences are a great way to remove financial pressure from developers and players alike

A team of ex-ARM and Guerrilla Cambridge devs have set up a new company based in Cambridge dedicated to revolutionising the worlds of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technology and content. Virtual Arts was initially formed in December 2016 when co-founders Nizar Romdan and Doug Day (CEO and CTO respectively) …

gumi VR to provide funds for development of the new title from the Wasteland 2 developer

Blizzard has unveiled details on its Overwatch League, with a list of team owners putting an end to a lot of speculation regarding who will be competing, but the lack of a date giving more fuel to the burning questions about when, exactly. Teams will be based in Boston, Los …

The team from Hove beat strong competition for a very game focused quiz night, in association with Testronic

Tournament organiser PGL, hosts of the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major in Krakow Poland, will be rolling out a new and different map veto system for their Swiss system best-of-one group stage matches. As a comparison, the ELEAGUE Major involved five alternating bans, with the map then randomly decided between the …

Oculus’ recent price cut to its Rift virtual reality headset as part of its Summer of Rift sale may be actually doing more harm than good, says research firm SuperData. Oculus dropped the price of its Rift + Touch bundle by another 200 in the UK on Monday,taking the price …

Peripheral company Logitech has announced its acquisition of headset and sound outfit Astro Gaming in a deal worth $85m in cash. While Logitech are known primarily for their PC peripherals, Astro has strong brand awareness in the console space for their headsets, and by acquiring them Logitech has put itself …

Konami has teamed up with Topps Trading Cards for a special PES 2018 promotion, which will see limited edition UEFA Champions League Match Attax trading cards for the upcoming 2017-18 tournament appearing in boxed copies of the game. Starting on September 14th to coincide with the game’s launch on PS4, …

Chinese manufacturers have moved to address the demand left by Nintendo’s decision to stop producing the NES Classic. As spotted by Neogaf, a bootleg version of the machine has started to appear on some sites. Listings have apparently been removed from Western-facing Chinese retailer AliExpress, but with stock now out …